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Men, women compete in dual meets

While brandishing weapons six days a week isn't the typical college student's experience, for the select few on the men's and women's fencing team, it's how they spend the majority of their afternoons and the reason they excitedly look forward to December.This past weekend these Tigers kicked off December with a bang, traveling to NYU to take on four teams in their second dual-team meet of the season.The men started off the round robin by fencing the host team.

Tigers win four contests

The No. 2 men's squash team rolled through its New England road trip this weekend, defeating No. 11 Brown and No.

Tigers split pair against Alabama-Huntsville

While melting ice ruined the 234th meeting of Boston College and Boston University in Massachusetts, conditions were wholly playable at Division I Hockey's southernmost location in Alabama.

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Turnovers, miscues plague Tigers

For the second consecutive weekend, the women's basketball team's most glaring weakness was exposed ? its inability to prevent turnovers.

No. 8: Robert Garrett, 1897

Way back in the day, in 1896, to be precise, a Princeton athlete picked up a discus and entered the throwing ring in Athens.

Woes continue with pair of losses

Erie, Pa., home of the Mercyhurst Lakers, is known for its wickedly cold winter weather. The Lakers showed anything but mercy to the women's hockey team this weekend as they gave Princeton an icy welcome to the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, defeating the Tigers twice in front of sellout crowds.

Tigers lose two by wide margin

Continuing its season-opening losing streak,the wrestling team dropped two more contests over the weekend, the first a 36-6 defeat at the hands of Binghamton and the second a 46-0 decision to a strong Bucknell team.

Late layup lifts Tigers at Classic

In their first game of the Pepsi Blue and Gold Classic, held this past weekend in Milwaukee, the men's basketball team showed it can compete on the national stage ? and in their second game, Princeton showed it can win too.The Tigers (5-2 overall) took the floor Friday night against North Dakota State (5-2) in the first game of the tournament.

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Tigers vs. bracket-busters

Now that the football team's season-topping pyre has faded, the limelight has been thrust onto the men's basketball team ? and so far it has shown anything but stage fright.Coming off a narrow loss in their season opener, the Tigers (4-1 overall) have rolled to four consecutive victories and look to continue their success this weekend as they travel to Milwaukee to compete in the annual Pepsi Blue and Gold Classic, hosted by the No.

Franklin & Marshall outclassed

Men's squash head coach Bob Callahan decided to rest two of his leaders, seniors Preston Comey and tri-captain Michael Gilman, for the men's squash team's match on Wednesday evening, but the rest of the Tigers picked up the slack.

No. 9: Nelson Diebel '96

Search for Nelson Diebel '96 on Google Images and the first hit is an eBay auction of his Sports Illustrated for Kids trading card.

Pwang's Picks

Overall Record A.T.S. ( 31-24-4) Last Week A.T.S. (3-2)Finally. We have one of the best college football weeks of the year upon us.

Icers head to No. 1 Mercyhurst

At 8:30 a.m. most Princeton students are still sleeping. If they're not, they wish they were. Yesterday, not only was the women's hockey team up at 8:30, it was piling onto a bus headed to Erie, Pa., gearing up for the opening face-off for its games against No.

On Tap with ... Greg Haislip

Senior Greg Haislip is a starter on the epee squad of the men's fencing team.What was your 'welcome to college' moment?Fall of freshman year, I visited Penn with two of my best friends, Josh and Brian.

Freshman making a big splash

When freshman Alicia Aemisegger glanced up at the scoreboard during the backstroke to breaststroke transition in the middle of her 400 individual medley at the 2005 World Championship Trials, she was slightly surprised."I took a little peek at the scoreboard ? something you're not usually supposed to do while you're racing," she said, "And I realized I was in eighth place."Knowing that "coach Shoulberg would not be happy" if she placed last in finals, Alicia swam to a third-place finish after fast breaststroke and freestyle legs.

Tigers survive late surge

This year's men's basketball team may be following the Ivy League Champion football team's formula for success: play your way to a deficit in the first half, then play your way right back out of it in the second half to secure the win.

No. 10: Wendy Zaharko '74

Countless athletes past and present have been considered dominant in their time. But rarely are the athletes so superior to contemporaries that they reach the point of competitive perfection.

Lackluster defense dooms Princeton

After digging itself a huge hole, the women's basketball team wanted back in. Unfortunately, sometimes wanting the win isn't quite enough, and that was the case last night when Princeton (2-3 overall) fell to St.